The Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles is set to undergo a $100-million renovation by a New York City developer, which aims to transform the former den of prostitution and drugs into a hip ...

As the general manager of the Cecil Hotel, Amy Price was no stranger to death. But Elisa Lam’s was different. In 2013, the Canadian tourist had been missing for about two weeks when officials at ...

The Cecil Hotel was designed by Loy Lester Smith and built by hotelier William Banks Hanner. It reportedly cost over $1 million to construct then, which would be over $21.2 million today, ...

The notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, which was converted in recent years into permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless, has been listed for sale.

Elisa Lam was found dead in a water tank on the roof of Los Angeles' Cecil Hotel in 2013. Here is everything to know about Elisa Lam’s mysterious death at the Cecil Hotel.

When the owners of the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles announced plans to reopen the building as homeless housing back in 2021, the move was celebrated for giving new purpose to a storied ...

In 1941, the Cecil was leased for 15 years to the Alberts Hotel Corp., which had other hotels in LA, Texas, San Diego and Arizona. The company planned a $50,000 improvement program, but by the ...

The Cecil Hotel, infamous for its dark past of mysterious deaths and eerie occurrences, has now found itself on the market. Located at 640 South Main St. in downtown Los Angeles, ...

A Cecil Hotel murder case with less mystery but just as much tragedy involved 19-year-old Dorothy Jean Purcell, who stayed at the accommodation in 1944.It's reported that the teenager was unaware ...

A visitor arrives at the hotel Cecil on Wednesday Feb. 20,2013 where police say the body of a woman was found wedged in one of the water tanks on the roof was that of a missing Canadian guest.

Infamous people who reportedly stayed at the Cecil Hotel include serial killers Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger. It was also the site of the 2013 death of tourist Elisa Lam, whose body was ...